"I've worked as a Nursing Assistant and Patient Care Technician for over 25 years in some of Boston’s best teaching hospitals. It's only fair to pay those who care. Nursing assistants and patient care techs play a major and key role in the care of patients. Working in the department of nursing should automatically quality us for some of the benefits that the nurses receive. For example, safe staffing levels, and by all means an increase in our wages. With my years of experience I should be making at least $20 an hour. I believe that 1199 will see us through and we will get free and fair union elections."

- Cynthia Bates, St. Elizabeth’s Worker

I have worked at Brigham and Women’s for many years. One time, a patient got upset with me for some reason and went to punch me. I hit the panic button and security never arrived. I paged my supervisor and she called me back three hours later! I recently went to a rally run by a Sunday school group who were supportive of the hospital workers having Free and Fair union elections in the Boston hospitals. The children gathered in front of the hospital to sing songs. Security arrived to remove them. Security will show up to stop us from having a voice on the job and to protect the hospital’s public image but not to protect their employees’ safety. That is just wrong."

- From an anonymous Brigham and Women's employee